Journey to the river sea / Eva Ibbotson.
Publisher: London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2021Edition: 20th anniversary [edition] / introduction by Emma CarrollDescription: 291 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0046849082ISBN: 9781529066197 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Amazon River Region -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Adventure stories. | Children's stories. | Fiction 9+. | Adventure and Mystery Stories.DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: Maia, orphaned at 13, is unhappy to be staying with relatives hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She becomes friends with an English boy who lives with the locals. They are forced to flee upriver, pursued by an assortment of eccentric characters.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestselling classic adventure, with a beautiful cover by Katie Hickey and an introduction by award-winning author of Letters from the Lighthouse Emma Carroll.
A joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and extraordinary characters.
Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents.
And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who lives alone on the wild river shores, she begins a spectacular journey to the heart of an extraordinary and beautiful new world.
Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award (now the Costa).
'The most perfect children's book . . . captivatingly told, funny and moving' - Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
Previous edition: 2001.
Maia, orphaned at 13, is unhappy to be staying with relatives hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She becomes friends with an English boy who lives with the locals. They are forced to flee upriver, pursued by an assortment of eccentric characters.
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